Autor omawia źródła genealogiczne, zgromadzone i wytworzone przez pasjonatów genealogii. Jednym z nich był Włodzimierz Dworzaczek(1905-1988), którego spuścizna, zawierająca około trzysta tysięcy wypisów, nazwana „Tekami Dworzaczka”, została przekazana do Biblioteki Kórnickiej Polskiej Akademii Nauk i wydana w postaci elektronicznej, a także umieszczona w Sieci.. Podobną pracę wykonał Wojciech Skowroński (1904-1978), lekarz okulista, zainteresowany historią rodzin wielkopolskich, nie tylko szlacheckich. Jego notatki i opracowania trafiły do Biblioteki Poznańskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk. Skany tych materiałów jako „Archiwum dra Wojciecha Józefa Skowrońskiego” zostały umieszczone w Internecie na stronie Wielkopolskiej Biblioteki Cyfrowej.. Istotną z punktu widzenia badań genealogicznych spuściznę pozostawili tez m.in. Sławomir Leitgeber i Stanisław Karwowski.

Using private sources for genealogy studies

The author discusses the problem of genealogy sources, which have been gathered and created by genealogy enthusiasts. Włodzimierz Dworzaczek (1905-1988) was one of such enthusiasts. His legacy (about 300,000 extracts), also referred to as “the Dworzaczek Files” was donated to the Kórnik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, published in an electronic version and also made available online. Wojciech Skowroński (1904-1978) has comparable achievements. He was an ophthalmologist, interested in the history of Greater Poland families – not only those of noble origin. His notes and reviews were included in the collection of the Poznań Society of Friends of Learning Library. “The Archive of Dr. Wojciech Skowroński” (scans of these documents) was made available online on the Greater Poland Digital Library website. Also Sławomir Leitgeber and Stanisław Karwowski left the legacy of a similar genealogical value.

The author discusses the problem of genealogy sources, which have been gathered and created by genealogy enthusiasts. Włodzimierz Dworzaczek (1905-1988) was one of such enthusiasts. His legacy (about 300,000 extracts), also referred to as “the Dworzaczek Files” was donated to the Kórnik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, published in an electronic version and also made available online. Wojciech Skowroński (1904-1978) has comparable achievements. He was an ophthalmologist, interested in the history of Greater Poland families – not only those of noble origin. His notes and reviews were included in the collection of the Poznań Society of Friends of Learning Library. “The Archive of Dr. Wojciech Skowroński” (scans of these documents) was made available online on the Greater Poland Digital Library website. Also Sławomir Leitgeber and Stanisław Karwowski left the legacy of a similar genealogical value.